Contemporary Russian Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology

Author/Contributor(s):	Smith, Gerald Stanton
Publisher:	Indiana University Press
Date:	05/22/1993
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

The book is a credit to the press, a boon to everyone interested in Russian culture, and an important resource for teachers and students of Russian literature. --Library Journal

. . . a solid and conscientious piece of work, informed by discerning taste and learning. --Times Literary Supplement

Smith's collection of contemporary Russian poetry should be useful to anyone with a serious interest in work produced during recent years both by poets living in the U.S.S.R. and by prominent Third Wave emigrés. . . . The introductory and biographical materials are excellent. --Publishers Weekly

The work of twenty-three poets, living in Russia and abroad and writing during the period since 1975, is highlighted in this dual-language anthology. The book features an extraordinary cohort of talented poets, including Joseph Brodsky, Evgenii Rein, and Bella Akhmadulina. Notes, biographical sketches, a detailed bibliography, and an informative introduction make this an indispensable resource for teachers, students, and readers of modern Russian literature.